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Dataset

 

Aerosol and Chemical Transport in Tropical Convection (ACTIVE) Project: Ozonesondes measurements at Darwin, Australia

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2008-06-03
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2007-01-16
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 30 Files | 3MB

Abstract

The ACTIVE (Aerosol and chemical transport in tropical convection) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded consortium project, combined field measurements and a range of modelling tools at different scales to address questions related to the composition of the tropical tropopause layer (TTL). ACTIVE utilised the Australian Egrett aircraft operated by Airborne Research Australia (ARA) and the NERC Dornier 228 operated by the British Airborne Research and Survey Facility (ARSF) to measure chemical species and aerosol in the inflow and outflow of tropical storms. Cloud-scale and large-scale modelling studies assisted in the interpretation of the measurements to distinguish the different contributions to the TTL composition. The dataset contains ozonesondes measurements at Darwin, Australia.

Citable as:  Natural Environment Research Council; Vaughan, G. (2007): Aerosol and Chemical Transport in Tropical Convection (ACTIVE) Project: Ozonesondes measurements at Darwin, Australia. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2ae51e3ffd5737cde02a5976410522ed/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: NERC, ACTIVE, Ozonesondes

Details

Previous Info:
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Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11689673810612523
Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s):
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data were collected in Darwin, Australia in two phases: November-December 2005 (pre-monsoon convection), and January-February 2006 (monsoon convection) using the Australian Egrett aircraft operated by Airborne Research Australia (ARA) and the NERC Dornier 228 operated by the British Airborne Research and Survey Facility (ARSF).
Data prepared by project participants before delivery to the BADC for archiving.

Data Quality:
Research data from the ACTIVE campaign
File Format:
Data are netCDF formatted

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Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Output Description

None

  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • long_name: Air temperature
  • var_id: TEMPERATURE
  • names: air_temperature, Air temperature
  • units: Pa
  • standard_name: air_pressure
  • long_name: Ambient pressure
  • var_id: PRESSURE
  • names: air_pressure, Ambient pressure
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Ozone Volume Mixing Ratio (parts by volume)
  • var_id: OZONE
  • names: Ozone Volume Mixing Ratio (parts by volume)
  • units: m
  • standard_name: altitude
  • var_id: ALTITUDE
  • long_name: Radar-derived geometric Altitude
  • names: altitude, Radar-derived geometric Altitude
  • standard_name: relative_humidity
  • units: %
  • long_name: Relative Humidity
  • var_id: RH
  • names: Relative Humidity, relative_humidity
  • standard_name: relative_humidity
  • units: %
  • long_name: Relative Humidity wrt. Ice
  • var_id: RH_UNCORRECTED
  • names: relative_humidity, Relative Humidity wrt. Ice

Co-ordinate Variables

  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: SECONDS
  • units: s
  • long_name: Seconds since midnight UTC (add 09:30 for local time)
  • names: time, Seconds since midnight UTC (add 09:30 for local time)
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2005-11-01T00:00:00
End time:
2006-02-28T00:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
-10.0000°
 
130.0000°
 
135.0000°
 
-15.0000°